Species Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, 1931
- Adenocephalus pacificus Nybelin, O. 1931. Säugetier- und Vogelcestoden von Juan Fernandez. pp.493-523 in Skottsberg, C. (ed.). The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. Uppsala : Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri A.-B.
Type data:
Holotype Juan Fernández Islands, Chile, Pacific Ocean [33°38'S, 78°49'W].Type host:
Arctocephalus philippii Peters, 1866 [OTARIIDAE] (misidentified as A. australis (Zimmerman)) - Bothriocephalus macrophallus Linstow, O. von 1905. Helminthologische Beobachtungen. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie und Entwicklungsmechanik 66: 355-366.
- Diphyllobothrium arctocephali Drummond, F.H 1937. Cestoda, in Lady Julia Percy Island Reports of the Expedition of the McCoy Society for Field Investigations and Research. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 49: 401-404 [403].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Lady Julia Percy Island, VIC.Type host:
Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) [OTARIIDAE] - Diphyllobothrium atlanticum Delyamure & Parukhin, 1968.
- Diphyllobothrium arctocephalinum Johnston, T.H. 1937. Entozoa from the Australian hair seal. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62: 9-16.
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC40013 Slide & Vial, Pearson Island, South Australia.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC31254 Vial, same data as Holotype.Type host:
Neophoca cinerea Péron, 1816 [OTARIIDAE] Australian sea lion (Host originally identified as Arctocephalus pusillus, Johnston and Mawson (1941) clarified that the host was actually Neophoca cinerea. Parasite from intestine)
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hernández-Orts, J.S., Scholz, T., Brabec, J., Kuzmina, T. & Kuchta, R. 2015. High morphological plasticity and global geographical distribution of the Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum): Molecular and morphological survey. Acta Tropica 149: 168-178 [171]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Temperate Australia; Arctic, N Pacific, temperate S Hemisphere, Southern Ocean
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Arctocephalus pusillus (Schreber, 1775) [OTARIIDAE] Australian Fur-seal (definitive)).
General References
Hernández-Orts, J.S., Scholz, T., Brabec, J., Kuzmina, T. & Kuchta, R. 2015. High morphological plasticity and global geographical distribution of the Pacific broad tapeworm Adenocephalus pacificus (syn. Diphyllobothrium pacificum): Molecular and morphological survey. Acta Tropica 149: 168-178
Hernandez-Orts, J.S. & Scholz, T. 2021. Importance of museum specimens: Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of human-infecting broad tapeworms described by O. Nybelin in 1931, and redescription of the types of Adenocephalus pacificus. Journal of Parasitology 107(6): 838-840
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDEA Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Feb-2014 | 29-Mar-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |